Broadband Helps Provide 3.1 Million Jobs September 3rd, 2009
Portia Krebs

Great blog entry over at NextGenWeb, talking about how broadband is helping to stimulate the economy: “New Study Finds 3.1 Million Jobs Thanks to Internet!”

Here’s an excerpt:

“Some of the findings on the social benefits offer a light-hearted look at how the Internet has changed our lives in just a few short years:

• In 19% of today’s marriages, the bride and groom met online.
• 10% of non-food retailing now happens online.
• As much time is spent on the Internet as is spent in front of the television.

Many other findings prove just how important the Internet is to our economy:

• About 3.1 million people owe their livelihoods to the Internet, which creates 1.2 million direct jobs and 1.9 million indirect jobs.  Just as encouraging, many of these jobs pay higher salaries than the average U.S. wage.
• There is Internet employment in every congressional district.
• The on-line economy (advertising, e-commerce, connectivity and beyond) contributes $300 billion annually to U.S. GDP.”

Read the whole blog at NextGenWeb.

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